Visual Arts

⭐ STAPS Christmas Card Competition 2026 ⭐

Celebrating Our Talented Artists!

This year, students from Foundation to Year 6 participated in our annual Christmas Card Design Competition, creating artworks inspired by the Scripture passage Matthew 2:11:

With over 100 entries per year level, the standard was incredibly high! 

Mrs Walker, Mrs Robertson and Mr Gulavin selected 9-15 finalists from each year level, with their artworks standing out for their creativity, skilful use of art elements and meaningful connection to the Scripture.

🌟 Congratulations to Our Finalists!🌟

We are delighted to recognise the following students whose wonderful artworks were selected as finalists:

Foundation Finalists:

Year 1 Finalists: 

Year 2 Finalists: 

Year 3 Finalists: 

Year 4 Finalists: 

Year 5 Finalists:

Year 6 Finalists: 

Staff Finalists:

🏆 And the Winners Are… ⭐

Once the finalists were selected, staff and students in Years 3–6 were invited to vote for their two favourite designs from each year level. With 412 voting responses received, the votes were counted and the STAPS community selected our winning Christmas Card designs for 2026!

We are excited to announce our winners:

A huge congratulations to our winners and finalists, and a heartfelt thank you to every student who participated. We are incredibly proud of the creativity, effort and artistic talent demonstrated by our STAPS students!  Winning artworks will be made into Christmas cards and stickers to sell as part of our Term 4 fundraiser, and each winner will also receive a framed copy of their artwork. 

🌟 DOSCEL Christmas Card Competition          Regional Finalists! 🌟

The celebrations continue! Following our STAPS Christmas Card Competition, our school leadership team had the difficult task of selecting 20 outstanding artworks to represent 

St Thomas the Apostle Primary School in the DOSCEL Regional Christmas CardCompetition.

Our 20 talented artists will now have their designs compete against entries from other local primary schools across the DOSCEL region.

We are incredibly proud of these students and wish them all the very best as their artworks progress to the regional competition. What a wonderful achievement and opportunity to showcase the artistic talent of our STAPS students!

Visual Arts Awards

*Xavier B, Foundation D, Respect =  always using polite manners and responsibly helping to pack away his own and others’ art supplies.

*Rita J, Foundation C, Safety = responsibly tucking in all the art stools under the tables to help prevent others from tripping.

*Dion F, 4B, Learning = thinking like an artist, reflecting carefully on the Scripture passage, and working with focus to complete his drawing within the given timeframe.

*Emmanuel K, 4B, Learning = thinking like an artist, reflecting carefully on the Scripture passage, and working with focus to complete his drawing within the given timeframe.

Ekam B, Foundation B, Respect = being so thoughtful and helpful when packing away the art supplies and taking great care and pride in our Art Room.

Moses P, 2D, Learning = sharing thoughtful, articulate and detailed responses when reflecting on his artworks.

Kind Regards,

Helina Walker

Contact Us

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